diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Search/ISearchableTree.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Search/ISearchableTree.cs
index 965dcf3ce5..616b8e5763 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Search/ISearchableTree.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Search/ISearchableTree.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Search
 {
     public interface ISearchableTree
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The alias of the tree that the <see cref="ISearchableTree"/> belongs to
+        /// </summary>
+        string TreeAlias { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Searches for results based on the entity type
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Search/SearchableTreeResolver.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Search/SearchableTreeResolver.cs
index 48a447cd23..4a43bb82f1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Search/SearchableTreeResolver.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Search/SearchableTreeResolver.cs
@@ -40,21 +40,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Search
                     var appTrees = _treeService.GetAll().ToArray();
                     _resolved = new SearchableTreeCollection();
                     var searchableTrees = Values.ToArray();
-                    foreach (var instanceType in InstanceTypes)
+                    foreach (var searchableTree in searchableTrees)
                     {
-                        if (TypeHelper.IsTypeAssignableFrom<ISearchableTree>(instanceType))
+                        var found = appTrees.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Alias == searchableTree.TreeAlias);
+                        if (found != null)
                         {
-                            var found = appTrees.FirstOrDefault(x => x.GetRuntimeType() == instanceType);
-                            if (found != null)
-                            {
-                                _resolved.Add(new SearchableApplicationTree(found.ApplicationAlias, found.Alias, searchableTrees.First(x => x.GetType() == instanceType)));
-                            }
+                            _resolved.Add(new SearchableApplicationTree(found.ApplicationAlias, found.Alias, searchableTree));
                         }
                     }
                     return _resolved;
                 }
             }
         }
+        
 
     }
 }